MOFO: Amendment to Japanese Investment Management Regulations in Response to AIJ Incident

On October 12, 2012, in response to the recent AIJ scandal, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the “Japanese FSA”) published a draft amendment to certain rules (“Draft Rules”) intended to revamp the regulation and supervision of discretionary advisory businesses, particularly with respect to employees’ pension fund (kōsei nenkin kikin) clients.

Skadden: Gatz Highlights Standards for Affiliated-Party Transactions

In Gatz Properties, LLC v. Auriga Capital Corp.,1 the Delaware Supreme Court required a manager and controlling member of a Delaware limited liability company to satisfy the entire fairness standard of conduct and judicial review for a conflict transaction because the LLC agreement required affiliated-party transactions to be no less favorable than those entered into with arms-length third parties.

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